An alternative way to write it down is:
T(0) = T(0 + 0) = T(0) + T(0) because of linearity.
Now add the additive inverse of T(0) (whatever it is, but there must be one) to both sides, and you get
T(0) + (-T(0)) = T(0) + T(0) + (-T(0))
0 = T(0)